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Book review: Zahara’s gift

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Tomas

Back in May, I mentioned planning to tackle three book series in the rest of the year. Here comes the second of them – A.J. Walker’s ‘Bond of a Dragon’ series, starting with Zahara’s gift.

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Forging a character: Tyr’eshal

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Tomas

After exploring most main and some second-tier characters, I’m coming around to the story of forging the very MC – and definitely the longest ‘making of’ story.

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Double-tagged…

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Tomas

I admit I have a mixed relationship with all the ‘tag’ things – they’re fun but the need to tag X more people freaks me out – because I don’t know many people. So, thanks, Mary of Wild Writing Dreams, for another set of mixed feelings. Now, let’s get to the fun part first.

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Are movies next in line for a shake-up?

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Tomas

Independent publications had made quite a dent into the world of books, and into some other forms of art as well. On the other hand, I’ve had the feeling that the movie scene is a bit stale the last few years… and it led me to think whether a shake-up is coming.

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7/2020 Writing update

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Tomas

Another month gone… and with it, the inevitable release of my debut is drawing closer. So let’s have a look at what I’ve done the last month…

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July hiking: the big (mis)adventure part 2

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Tomas

I’m returning to the post from the previous week with the second part. So, let’s get to it (and the photos, of course!)

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Book review: The White Owl

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Tomas

This is a book that has, pretty much, found me. And I’m really glad for it, because it went straight into my favorites even before it was finished.

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5 years on the journey

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Tomas

This is a spontaneous out-of-schedule post because there’s something tied to this very date that deserves it: it’s already five years since I started writing. Where the hell has the time gone?

And so I thought I’d make a small look back and reflect a bit on those five years.

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July hiking: The big (mis)adventure part 1

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Tomas

I’ve held off writing the usual monthly hiking retrospective for several reasons. One of them being that I haven’t passed this self-imposed test nowhere nearly as well as I’d like to. The second being that the rainy July didn’t help my mood to sort through photos.

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Book review: Michael Chatfield’s Death Knight series, books 4 and 5

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Tomas

Following the merged review of the first three books, I’m tackling the last two the same way.

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